Seeing that his cavalry was held back by the Song army and could not move forward, Yelu Tie was not surprised. After a few cups of tea, the Khitan cavalry not only did not break through the Song army, but was completely suppressed by the Song army and slowly rushed towards Quyang City.

Yelu Tie couldn't believe his eyes. After a while, he said, "It's said that the Song army has changed a lot in recent years, but don't you want to be able to fight like this? Using foot to control cavalry can still gain the upper hand. How can you fight this battle?"

Yelu Liang said: "King, this battle is not good. Let's set up an army quickly and we will find another way."

Yelu Tie didn't look around, and countless thoughts flashed through his mind. In the end, there was no way to break the deadlock. He could only sigh and said, "The whole army retreats, and go to the city, and find a way!"

With the sound of the Khitan withdrawing troops, the Khitan cavalry, which had lost nearly half of the troops, retreated with all their might and ran back to the formation quickly. The Song army refused to give in and forced them up firmly. Yelu Tie had no choice but to order the entire army to return to the city.

Looking at the slowly closed Quyang City Gate, Zhu Gui said to Liu Jianji: "Taiwei, it seems that the two armies are in formation, and the Khitans are not our opponent!"

Liu Jianji nodded and did not say anything for a moment. After Liu Jianji finished learning from the military academy, he only conducted exercises. This was the first time to fight against the enemy on the battlefield. What would happen on the battlefield? I heard other generals talk about it and thought about it, but I didn't expect it to be like this. From today's perspective, when both sides faced the enemy head-on on the battlefield, the Khitan army was suppressed by the Song army. The Song army not only had the advantage, but it even seemed that the two sides were not at the same level. Liu Jianji believed that if he fought in such a formation, he would not be at a disadvantage in the face of a 100,000 Khitan army.

This impression was very shocking to Liu Jianji. He led his troops to defend Dingzhou, but he did not face this situation. Fundamentally, the arrangement of the Song Dynasty was based on the imperial guards after training, and its combat power was roughly the same as that of the Khitan, or even slightly weaker. If the combat power was huge, why did the Song Dynasty deploy 250,000 heavy troops on the border?

After breathing a sigh of relief, Liu Jianji said: "Order the entire army to station under Quyang City! From tomorrow, artillery will attack the city!"

Zhu Gui sang a loud promise and directed the entire army to force forward. He had already gained the upper hand and the front was arranged, so there was no need for the Song army to camp five miles away from Quyang. The Khitan did not dare to go out of the city to fight, so the entire army would go forward. How could a small Quyang city be defended in front of a large number of artillery?

After returning to the city and closing the gate, Yelu Tie was still confused about the war just now. He would not underestimate the combat effectiveness of the Song army. In fact, when the Khitan fought with the Song Dynasty in the past, once the Song army was in a formation, the Khitans would force them to fight most of the time. However, the two armies still had their own back and forth, and the Song army was just a little superior. Today, he died of two thousand cavalry and almost did not cause any harm to the Song army, which was greatly unexpected.

After sitting in the official hall, Yelu Tie said nothing and thought about it. After the Song army changed into guns and cannons, the Khitans also fought, especially in Mayi last year, where the combat power of the two sides was not much different. However, at that time, the Khitans were attacking, and the Song army only defended and used artillery more often.

Through the Battle of Mayi, the Khitans' impression of the Song army was that artillery was particularly powerful. As long as they could hold back the artillery of the Song army, the Khitan cavalry that could maneuver on a large scale would still have the upper hand. It was precisely based on this impression that at the beginning of the war, Yelu Tie attacked Dingzhou without 30,000 cavalry, which would make the Song army difficult to cause chaos. Now that the Song army is blocked in Quyang, Yelu Tie didn't suddenly realize that things seemed not like that.

Yelu Liang came in and bowed to Yelu without bowing his hands.

Yelu Tie said in a deep voice: "What do you think of today's battle?"

Yelu Liang thought for a moment and said, "In the eyes of the Xiaguan, the two armies are afraid that they will not be able to deal with the Song army. Our army's strengths still rely on cavalry to surround them. If we only defend the city and have artillery, the Song army will probably not be able to defend it."

Yelu posted: "The most difficult thing now is that the battle formation cannot defeat the Song army. The battle formation is not good, and the cavalry leaps around, is it just a plunder of the people? Sooner or later, it will be blocked by the Song army, and it will be just harassment!"

Yelu Liang lowered his head and did not speak anymore. Although today was just a small battle, the situation could be seen clearly that the Khitan was indeed not an opponent. Moreover, judging from the appearance of the Song army, he was very restrained and did not launch a large-scale attack.

After pondering for a while, Yelu posted: "Quyang City cannot stay forever. The grain storage here cannot last long, let alone the Song army is already at the city. We must find a way to fight to a place where the Song army is not prepared!"

Yelu Liang said: "But after the Song army came for five days, the surrounding roads have been blocked. This year, the weather is warm and I can't cross the water south, so I can only be blocked by the Song army. If there is still Tang River to the north, I can't get through. If the river does not freeze, Quyang will be dead."

Yelu Tie didn't look at Yelu Liang, his face was as deep as water. The idea I had made before was to attract Liu Jianji's main force to Qu Yang and concentrate on annihilation here. Then the army advanced eastward and approached the already empty Dingzhou. Now it became Liu Jianji's troops at the city, and he wanted to annihilate his entire army here. Moreover, the roads on all sides were blocked, and he didn't know where to run.

If Liu Jianji wins this battle, it means that the Song Dynasty used 50,000 people to defend a state, which is safe enough. No matter how Khitan moves around, it will not be able to break through the border defense line of the Song army. At that time, the situation will be bad.

Yelu posted not rubbing her forehead, thinking hard, thinking about a way to break the deadlock.

Under the spiritual army, Jia Kui commanded the arrangement of artillery. The north was howling, but the Song army under the city was working very enthusiastically. On the top of the city, the Khitan soldiers looked at the Song army under the city with helplessness. Since the Song army entered the valley, the Khitans blocked the enemy twice, but were both defeated and lost. When the Song army arrived at the city to arrange the formation, the Khitans in the city even left the city to attack once, and they were almost wiped out.

Lingqiu is located in a mountain, surrounded by the Song army, and the Khitans did not even have the force to rescue. If they could not fight, they could not defend, but they could not defend, and the Khitan defenders in Lingqiu had no way to do anything.

Looking at the artillery arranged, Hao Zhi said: "Taiwei, Lingqiu City is not big, and it seems that the Khitans have not repaired it for decades. When the artillery arranged, it is estimated that it will be able to collapse in just a few artillery. At that time, the city can be taken down in one fell swoop."

Jia Kui nodded: "We have worked hard to travel ahead, but now it seems that fighting is not too difficult. The Khitans were too careless and did not strengthen their defense on Lingqiu Road. It is really not easy to break through Lingqiu and go to Feihu along the mountain road."

Hao Zhi sighed: "Now it seems that the most difficult thing for us to walk on this journey is to walk. The mountain road is rugged and winding, and we can only carry it on our shoulders and horses. After passing Lingqiu, it is even further away from the rear, which is even more difficult at that time."

Jia Kui nodded: "It is not suitable for the arrangement of heavy troops in the mountains. Even if it is transported from Daizhou, the distance is too far. The most important thing for us now is to overcome all difficulties and attack Feihu as soon as possible. There is a road there to Yizhou, and as long as you leave the mountain, everything will be easy. There is a railway to arrive on Hebei Road, and there is no shortage of supplies, and many large troops can support it."
Chapter completed!